The Dippy

Blackberries, trees & important habitats

The Dippy is an important and valuable space to the south of Frome town centre – a well-used link to the residential areas on this side of the town, but also a destination in its own right, offering opportunities for informal recreation, conservation & play.

We manage The Dippy in conjunction with the local volunteers of the Dippy & Greenspaces Group, and there are always opportunities to get involved with a variety of practical outdoor tasks here.

Current news…

We’re taking a short break for Christmas – but we’ll be back in January to put some solar lights in along the main paths around the Dippy.

Getting here

Access from Long Ground/New Buildings is up (or down!) a steep slope. Access from The Mount is fairly steep too, via the recently improved steps.

The walk across the site is gentler, taking you from Adderwell to Culver Hill (and back again) on a gradual slope.

And the crossroads in the middle means you get to and from The Dippy in all sorts of ways!

Explore more! Pick up one of the public footpaths in the area to go a bit further… A route joining footpaths 34, 32 & 30 would take you down towards the railway line via beautiful, riverside fields, coming back in past the allotments on Critchill Lane

Future plans

Read our Management & Improvement Plan for The Dippy here. This was approved at the Council meeting in June 2015.